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Jeff Jaeckel is a co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group and a member of the board of directors of Morrison & Foerster LLP. Mr. Jaeckel is an experienced antitrust litigator and counselor. He represents foreign and domestic corporations in connection with all manner of antitrust and competition law matters, from M&A strategy and investigations to cartel investigations to civil litigation.

Mr. Jaeckel has notable experience representing public and private corporations in connection with their most significant and complicated antitrust litigation in federal and state courts. He regularly represents clients in all antitrust aspects of complicated transactional matters, including strategy and structuring of transactions to avoid antitrust risk and achieve strategic business objectives, and U.S. and multinational merger notification and review. Mr. Jaeckel also represents domestic and international companies in connection with government investigations of conduct, including civil investigations relating to monopolization or criminal investigations of alleged price-fixing. Mr. Jaeckel also assists clients in the protection of their intellectual property and counsels clients on the antitrust ramifications of commercial agreements to capitalize on the value of intellectual property.

Mr. Jaeckel serves as an associate editor of the Antitrust Magazine of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section, and is a former co-chair of the firm’s E-Discovery Task Force. He graduated with honors and was a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society in Economics. He was a writing staff member for the Wisconsin Environmental Law Journal, and was elected to Order of the Coif.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Boyd GamingRepresented Boyd Gaming in connection with corporate and antitrust issues relating to its acquisition of three casinos.

Continental Building ProductsObtained summary judgment on behalf of Continental Building Products in litigation alleging that it had participated in a conspiracy to fix prices in the drywall industry.

ON Semiconductor/Fairchild SemiconductorRepresented ON Semiconductor in its successful $2.4 billion acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor.

IT Equipment Company/Price FixingRepresented a large information technology equipment company and several subsidiaries in defense of several federal antitrust lawsuits involving allegations of price fixing, bid rigging and output restriction.

SoftBank Acquisition of ARM HoldingsRepresented SoftBank in its $31.4 billion acquisition of UK-based multinational semiconductor and software design company ARM Holdings plc, the largest outbound acquisition from Japan and the largest ever cash investment from Asia into the UK.

DOJ Investigation for Large Technology CompanyRepresented a large technology company in a months-long investigation by the Department of Justice regarding a partnership agreement, ensuring that the partnership had DOJ approval.

ON Semiconductor/Aptina ImagingRepresented ON Semiconductor Corporation in its $400 million acquisition of Aptina Imaging.

SoftBank/Sprint NextelRepresented SoftBank in its $21.6 billion acquisition of a 78% interest in U.S. wireless operator Sprint Nextel. The transaction was the largest announced U.S. M&A transaction of 2012, the largest outbound investment ever from Asia, and the largest U.S. M&A transaction in Japan’s history.

SoftBank/Clearwire CorporationRepresented SoftBank in connection with the acquisition by Sprint Nextel of the approximately 50% of the equity of Clearwire Corporation that Sprint does not already own for a purchase price of approximately $4 billion, resulting in a total Clearwire enterprise value of approximately $14 billion.

International Air Cargo Cartel InvestigationRepresented major international transportation company in connection with an investigation in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea related to alleged price-fixing in the air cargo industry.

International Freight Forwarding Cartel Investigation & LitigationRepresents major international transportation company in the U.S., EU, Brazil, and Asia in connection with an investigation of alleged price-fixing in the freight forwarding industry and related class action civil litigation.

U.S. Department of Justice Investigation of Major International Transportation CompanySecured summary judgment on behalf of international transportation company in antitrust litigation alleging that our client conspired with FedEx to boycott certain consultants in the shipping industry .

Semiconductor Industry Cartel InvestigationRepresents Asian semiconductor manufacturer in connection with an investigation in the U.S., EU, and Canada related to allegations of price-fixing.

Astellas Pharma Inc.Represented Astellas Pharma Inc. before the Federal Trade Commission in its $4 billion tender offer for OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., the second largest U.S. acquisition by a Japanese pharmaceutical firm.

Genentech/TanoxRepresented Tanox Inc. before the Federal Trade Commission in its $919 million acquisition by Genentech.

Southwest/AirTranRepresented AirTran Holdings, Inc. before the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with Southwest Airlines Co.’s $1.4 billion acquisition of AirTran.

ON Semiconductor/Sanyo SemiconductorRepresented ON Semiconductor Corp. in connection with its $600 million acquisition of Sanyo Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

Clearwire/Sprint NextelRepresented Clearwire Corporation, an innovative wireless communications company developing next-generation wireless broadband technology called WiMAX, before the U.S. Department of Justice in a deal with Sprint Nextel Corporation, Intel Corporation, Google, Inc., Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable Inc., and Bright House Networks to create a national WiMAX joint venture valued at approximately $14.5 billion.

Merger of Sankyo and Daiichi PharmaceuticalRepresented Sankyo Co. and Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. before the Federal Trade Commission in relation to its multibillion-dollar merger to form Daiichi Sankyo.

Sale of Alltel to Verizon WirelessRepresented Alltel Corporation before the Department of Justice in its $28 billion acquisition by Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs, and in its $28.5 billion acquisition by Verizon Wireless to create the largest wireless operator in the U.S.

Jeff Jaeckel is recommended as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 US (2011; 2015; 2017; 2018) and Benchmark Litigation 2010.

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